Subj : inbound going slow
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Oct 12 2020 05:58 pm

12 Oct 20 15:38, you wrote to me:

 AA>> Regarding "going slow", 1hr between polls wouldn't be unusual for
 AA>> most bbses.

 WV> I think it's slow. Specially for hub systems! It's easy to do
 WV> immediate tossing today, and it doesn't cost you anything extra, like
 WV> when we were still on POTS...

In many ways, a lot of things are a lot better than an 40 years ago, for sure.

I can see POTS still useful if a community of users were within local calling of each other.  But the phone company is doing its best toeven discourage a physical copper wire to home.  And, the consequences can be horrible; did you hear the audio clip that posted in coffee_klatsch?




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